FASHION NOTES From New York on Spring Wool-Warm Dress Novelties
Special correspondence from New York discusses rapid fashion changes this season with new wools, silks, and velvets. It highlights short full capes trimmed with ruffles, changeable silks, and diagonal patterns. Woolen and serge novelties in black and gray shades promise durable, washable wear, including mourning styles and baby wrappers, plus side-band trims for skirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
M. Tonson
Secord
Some New Hats and Waists by Ole Harrer
A shopper’s note describes hats and waists suited for warm weather. It highlights hop sacking fabrics striped and plaid, burlap-like textures, and outing dress novelty. Featured are a white china silk and navy velutina waist, a cardinal sarah waist draped to resemble a jacket, and two hats one rough straw with a rosette and one black chip with beads and an owl ornament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Sarah
Ole Harrer
Chimmie Fadden recounts a streetwise brawl and a Boston mug
Chimmie Fadden narrates a night at Roseleaf Social club where a Boston student sparked a boxing raid. He aids a raid by tipping off police after a wager, wins 50 dollars in a scrap, and settles a 25 plunk debt with Miss Fannie amid humorous slang and streetwise banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Jess
Boston
Fannie
Wright
Chames
Roseleaf
Life Savin Club
de Moseleafs
Burton
Miss Pannie
Fadden
Bowrey
Boston Jolly
Fane
Noddin
Jannie
Cat Jolly
New York Sun
World’s Fair Inauguration Nears Amid Turbulent Preparations
Cariaco April 6 reports the looming opening of the Columbian Exposition in Chicago on May 1. Delegations admire American energy while construction rushes. hundreds of buildings, engines, and Midway shows race toward completion as Grover Cleveland plans the inauguration with the world watching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cariaco
Republic
Grover Cleveland
Supreme Court
Jackson Park
Chicago
Henny M. Hen
Tobacco Pouches Made from Pelican Membrane
A description promotes leather and rubber pouches as inferior, suggesting a pouch crafted from the pelican’s large membrane. Claimed benefits include thin texture, easy tanning, waterproofing, and the ability to keep tobacco sweet and moist for users.
Favorite Remedy Promises Kidney Relief in Dalton Case
A Dalton Massachusetts man credits Dr David Kennedys Favorite Remedy of Rondout New York with saving his life from kidney inflammation and rheumatic decline. He reports rapid improvement after following the formula and endorses the remedy for similar cases claiming consistent cures across his observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tror Pittsfield
Eagle
David Kennedy
Rondont
N. Y
Dalton
Peter Lawler
Mass
Kennedy
Rondout
Massachusetts
Lawler
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Warren Foundry and Machine Shop
Fourth Street
J. Hill & Son
P.S& E
Jewett Gas Ranges
Pittsburg Exposition
Udit
Jewett
Pickett Hardware Co., Limited
Warren
Pennia
Herve
Nerve Seedo
Ill
Warren Pa
Siegfried & Co. Druggists
Supolio
Brown & Friend
Henry Friend
A. Weiss
Water Street
Jwarren, Pa
Olive Harper
Chimmie Fadden
Fatues Mollinger
Troy Hill
Amegheny City
United States
A. F. Sawhil
St. Vitus
Hook
Sawhill
Allegheny, Pa
U. S
Washington
U.S
Cc.a.snow &Co
Patent Office
Shington
DR. Hoxsie
Croup
Hoxsie C. C. C. Co
Buffalo, M
Ledger
Boing
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